§ 211 — County directors, deputy county directors; powers, duties, qualifications, compensation

(a) For each county, the State Board of Elections shall appoint:

(1) A county director who shall be a member of the same political party as the State Election Commissioner and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board;

(2) A deputy county director who shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Board of the opposite political party of the State Election Commissioner and who shall serve at the pleasure of same. In the nomination and election of a deputy county director, § 209 of this title shall not be applicable.

(b) Each county director shall assist the Department of Elections in carrying out its duties and responsibilities in the county for which the county director is appointed and, subject to the policies and directives of the Board, shall see to it that the work of the Department in such county is performed in a proper and nonpartisan manner.

(c) Each deputy county director shall assist the county director in the county for which such deputy county director is appointed.

(d) Each county director and deputy county director shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of the county in which he or she serves.

(e) The salary of each county director and deputy county director shall be as provided in the Budget Act and shall be uniform for each county.

(f) The county director and deputy county director of a county, if in agreement, may authorize a person to vote whose application to register to vote at the Division of Motor Vehicles was never completed as required elsewhere in this title. The person shall follow the procedures set forth by the State Election Commissioner prior to being permitted to vote.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, those persons who held the positions of director and deputy director, respectively, of each county department of elections immediately prior to July 1, 2015, shall assume automatically the position of county director and deputy county director, respectively, in the county for which he or she was appointed. Each initial county director and initial deputy county director shall be bound by and subject to the provisions of this section, and to this title generally, to the same extent as if he or she was appointed by the Board in accordance with this section.

Legislative History

19 Del. Laws, c. 39, § 2 ; 21 Del. Laws, c. 40, § 2 ; Code 1915, § 1659; 40 Del. Laws, c. 141, § 1 ; Code 1935, § 1746; 42 Del. Laws, c. 115, § 3 ; 45 Del. Laws, c. 147, § 1 ; 45 Del. Laws, c. 148, § 5 ; 45 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 5 ; 15 Del. C. 1953, § 112; 50 Del. Laws, c. 630, § 1 ; 57 Del. Laws, c. 181, § 9 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§ 12-14 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 571 ; 61 Del. Laws, c. 418, § 1 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 77 Del. Laws, c. 227, §§ 1, 5, 6 ; 79 Del. Laws, c. 275, § 7